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Premium Content Meghan wears headscarf for mosque visit

MEGHAN, Duchess of Sussex donned a headscarf for the first time at South Africa’s oldest mosque as she opened up to locals...

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25th Sept. 2019 7:09 AM

The Duchess of Sussex at the District Six museum and Homecoming Centre in Cape Town. Picture: AFP

2 years' jail for taking off hijab

The woman who took off her veil in a Tehran street was found to have encouraged corruption through the removal of the hijab...

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09th March 2018 6:03 PM

The "Girl of Enghelab Street”, Vida Movahed, was sentenced to jail for removing her headscarf on a street in the Iranian capital, Tehran.

Okay to sack for signs of religion

Employers may bar staff from wearing visible religious symbols, the European Union's top court has ruled

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15th March 2017 12:03 PM

The European Unions top court has ruled companies may ban staff from wearing Islamic headscarves and other visible religious symbols.